Arts & Culture

2:17 pm

Tue May 28, 2013

Christopher Guest talks about his signature style of parodic filmmaking. He’ll also talk about why music pops up in his movies so much. Guest explored folk music in A Mighty Wind and community musical theater in Waiting For Guffman. His new TV show on HBO is called Family Tree. After that, Dan Kennedy will talk about his new novel American Spirit. Plus, the AV Club tells us about the new Mikal Cronin and Vampire Weekend records, and Nick Krill from the Spinto Band reveals the song that changed his life.

Sunday, June 2nd, 9pm on 88.9.

Arts & Culture

1:52 pm

Tue May 28, 2013

This week on the Splendid Table, we learn some unconventional grilling techniques from Adam Perry Lang, author of “Charred and Scruffed”. "Travel and Leisure" Magazine’s Peter Jon Lindberg reports on the affordable food scene in Hawaii and food scientist Harold McGee brings us some surprising news on the best way to thaw frozen meat.

Arts & Culture

3:23 pm

Tue May 21, 2013

Nile Rodgers played guitar on the new Daft Punk single, but decades before that he launched a string of hits with the group Chic, including "Le Freak" and "Good Times", and went on to become a songwriting and producing superstar. He was behind Diana Ross' "I'm Coming Out", David Bowie's "Let's Dance", Madonna's "Like a Virgin" and many more. Now, he reflects on decades of hit writing, collaborating, and the meaning of music in his life.

Arts & Culture

4:54 pm

Wed May 15, 2013

This week on Bullseye Jesse talks to Mel Brooks about his unparalleled career -- from writing for Sid Caesar on television in the 1950s to working with Gene Wilder on The Producers, Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein in the 60s and 70s. Then later, Jesse talks to the director of a documentary that follows the transformation of a man from WWII flying ace into Father Yod - the leader of a 1970s commune in the Hollywood Hills.